Say you are out of touch with the community, without saying you’re out of touch.
Positive: A mount is better than a battle pet/single item transmog. — (This is for all the peeps that will respond with, “but you all wanted mounts as rewards.”)
The problem: That said, a recolor of a mount for the reward is lame. More bad corporate marketing, and less of what the community wants.
Whoever is in charge of picking and choosing what is “sold” in the shop vs what is “earned” through the journey should be fired. (I’m being hyperbolic here, if it wasn’t obvious. I don’t know how Blizzard decides the reward. Since last November, however, the reward hasn’t felt great.)
The solution: big winner would be the scarecrow transmog that fits an October fall theme. A pseudo-spiritual-sci-fi mount from an unpopular expansion just isn’t it.
P.S. I just don’t understand the logic behind these choices. Winning a cool outfit, then having tenders to accessorize it with other things offered in shop. Or a mount that works with it. Instead we get a reward that isn’t connected at all with the theme. Edit after feedback: (I meant the theme of October and Halloween. As for Blizzard’s stated theme of Light and Darkness, I could see how they’re connecting it, I just don’t think it’s a good choice and wanted to give the company my feedback.)
back when the post was new, they had the best item for the monthly reward track. then, they started putting the garbage as the monthly reward while the best item costs tender.
a few months ago, was a backpiece as the monthly reward… a backpiece…
Ah, I was waiting for the routine negative yapping about the TP.
I love this month’s rewards. I never bothered with the hand mount in SL. Glad to see an easy to obtain version presented. And the harvester mog set is pretty sick.
The decline in rewards can be tied directly to the backlash Blizzard got when the tender piles were data mined and the company realized they couldn’t monetize it.
Now the trading post is designed to define “real dollar” costs in cash shop.
I do find it weird they made the monthly reward for October a jellyfish mount from Shadowlands, and then slapped an 800 tender price tag to the one thing being offered that screams Halloween - The Harvester Golem set.
Definitely just going to freeze the Harvester Golem and save the tenders and see what else we get for the Anniversary. At least we know the monthly reward for November is awesome.
October is such a unique month due to Halloween. Its an opportunity to do something so different. October is actually my favorite month due to the holidy at the end of it. I’ve been waiting all year to see what was on the trading post for Halloween…its more than a little disappointing.
I’m not trying to be a hater, but come on, were talking about everything that is and could be possible in a month that revolves around Halloween, now go look at the rewards. You aren’t disappointed?
People were insisting on mounts. We got mounts. It’s all just free, bonus goodies. This is like getting upset that your office Secret Santa didn’t get you your prime Christmas present.
If you don’t like the game, or the decisions made in the game, just say so.
Speak with your wallet. Unsub, leave, don’t come back.
Let’s stop this “thing” of calling for someone’s livelihood to be disrupted on account of you not getting the pixels you want. Do better as a player.
And on topic: I disagree with the entire post. I think this month is amazing and I’m afraid I might not have enough Tendies to buy everything I want, including that amazing Scarecrow Transmog.
The only questionable item is the jellyfish. The harvester and hand mount are perfectly in line with spooky season. Reminds me of Thing from Addams Family. Also, there are no pics yet, but I see ‘midnight sarong’ and other midnight, assuming black, colored items. What exactly did you want? I don’t stare at the forums 24/7 so I mean that question genuinely.
The squid is the “reward” I’m not criticizing the art team and what they create for the TP, I’m criticizing the decisions to limit access to tenders while giving trash rewards for gameplay. This is gotcha game strategy and it’s gross.
The tenders are currency, like every other part of the game. The items in the shop are just a transient variation of renown, only without a specific faction.
I like the items in the TP, I just don’t like how the quality has dropped off from launch, and how it doesn’t align with the original stated purpose by the game director.
“The trading post reward for the month will be the thing most players want…” — This was quoted when they first launched the TP.
After the big monetization misstep when the different stacks of tenders were data-mined, the “reward” started its decline. There are tons of videos and posts out there showing the decline over time.
That was on the TP last October. I am a little surprised to see it didn’t return, at least as a recolor. But as this thread has shown me, people aren’t happy with recolors either.
You think these dopes wouldnt pitch a fit? Some moron in another thread was complaining they missed out on 5000 tenders because they werent playing those months. This is the mentality here.
ANd they really need to make it so you log and get 500 and then you complete your list and get 500 - then if you decide to do extra you are either able to earn up to another 500 or up to another 1000
This is the mentality here.